We may never find the true answer, but we’re happy to try all three outcomes at the new Divine Timing art show at Deep Ellum’s new ARC Gallery, which opened earlier this year with the Psychic Fissures show, curated by Scott Tucker.
“I think that in a lot of ways, Psychic Fissures laid the groundwork in establishing ARC as a place of free expression with a bit of an intellectual bite,” Tucker says. “I feel that Deep Ellum really needs that, and especially now. James and his team are willing to go above and beyond in that sense, and Divine Timing is the next chapter in this book.”
Divine Timing is the second exhibition to hit the space. It's billed as an invitation for viewers to “rethink time, not as a straight line, but as a loop, a collapse or a quiet transaction between memory, technology and the human experience.” Exactly what that means is yet to be determined, but you can see for yourself at the gallery’s official opening this evening, Thursday, July 25, from 6 to 9 p.m.
Jon Reed's hourglass piece is designed to drop one lead bead every hour for 100 years.
Courtesy of ARC Gallery
The ARC Gallery is co-managed by multi-hyphenate artist James Maker and his partner, photographer and radio host Jessica Waffles. The two also collaborated on a piece in the show called Waterfall of Time, a 6-foot installation with photographs printed on vellum and illuminated in a cascading sequence.
Alongside their piece will be looping video art from Veronica Young and Matthis Frickhoeffer, ancient clay sculptures from Bella Tylen and textile work from Adeline Woods.
The show leans heavily on the interactive element as well. Ian Thorburn built an interactive clock that uses facial recognition technology to stop ticking whenever a viewer looks at it. Artist Jon Reed created a kinetic hourglass sculpture that will drop one lead bead every hour for the next 100 years.
To see it all for yourself, stop by the ARC Gallery this evening from 6 to 9 p.m. Admission is free. Divine Timing will be on view through September 5.
